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Is there really such a thing as Online driver's Ed?

Derek from Harvard-Westlake Asks: Is drivers ed really online? How can driving lessons be online?

What a fine question Derek, I'm glad you're actually using that brain of yours. So my Harvard-Westlake friend, you want to know what the deal is with online drivers ed, right? Well, online drivers ed is just what it sounds like: drivers education you can take online instead of attending a classroom driver's ed course.

What you are probably confused about is Drivers Education vs. Drivers Training. Drivers education basically gives you the knowledge and theory you need before starting to drive. You take drivers ed so you can earn your learners permit. Drivers Training, on the other hand, is the actual in-car part of your driving school experience. You need driver's training to help prepare you for your provisional license. So basically:

Drivers Education = What you need for your learners permit = Can be done online and is approved by the CA DMV

Drivers Training = What you need to earn your driving license = Not online but done behind the wheel of a training vehicle

Regarding the whole "online" business, you can do your drivers ed online, but your drivers training is done in a car and obviously there is no online drivers training.

Check out Drivers Ed Direct for an example of a driving school that has both online drivers ed and behind-the-wheel driver's training.

Hope that helps.

Until next time Derek from Harvard - Westlake, get drivers ed for your permit online, drivers training for your license, and traffic school for your speeding tickets,

Jonny Driving School
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